Swimmer Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps, born June 30, 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland, the United States professional swimmers. As of August 12, 2016, he won the Olympic Games in 23 gold 3 silver 2 bronze, became the Olympic gold medal in the history of the most athletes. December 2, 2016, Michael Phelps officially announced his retirement.

Michael Phelps'family belongs to the typical American middle class. Father Fred is a retired police officer in Maryland and is a fanatical football enthusiast, while the mother is a school teacher, three children at home Among them, Phelps is the youngest, his childhood is not happy, parents have long divorced. Michael's two sisters, Whitney and Hillary, inherited the father Fred's athletic gene, grew up to join the "North Baltimore Water Club" practice swimming. Because of her sister's reason, Michael at the age of 7 for the first time to go to the club to learn to swim.

In 1995, the Baltimore water club coach Bowman to the club boy group of children to do a physical test: 400 meters freestyle swimming, and then do four consecutive 100 meters breaststroke sprint, then travel a 400-meter medley, and finally And then continue to do four 100 meters freestyle sprint. Every child has to do three consecutive sets of such tests, Bowman surprised to find that Phelps to do the last group when the sprint speed is actually faster than the first group. A few days later, Bowman personally found the Phelps couple, telling them to plan to let Michael Phelps specialize in swimming.

After that, coach Bowman asked 11-year-old Phelps immediately began to exercise a large amount of training, practicing 7 days a week, at least 5 hours a day tour. A few years later, Phelps's heart and lung function has improved significantly. His vital capacity reached 15,000 ml, which allows him to reduce the number of ventilation in the game, increase the distance in the water swimming. Bowman also modified the Phelps freestyle action, the original stroke of each water once again increased to 6 times. This is actually the standard action for adult swimmers, but it is a bit early for the 11-year-old Phelps. Technical details of the change to Phelps swimming performance improved rapidly. 1999 American Youth Games, the 14-year-old Phelps broke the 20-year-old age group 200 meters butterfly record.

Phelps is a very talented swimmer, but in order to become the best athlete, he was seven or eight hours a day soak in the pool, 7 days a week, almost 365 days a year, Phelps and Bowman In training. Boring monotonous training, damp air, weeks of action and a single constant scene, Phelps with great perseverance to overcome all the difficulties. Swimming is not a cause for him, his dedication to swimming like a musician to treat their own instruments. Phelps talent is definitely 10 generations out of a level, his body, psychological and superb, the world can only have a Phelps.